Today's trophy tales
Trophy tales: No net no problem, angler has double the fun
July 11, 2018 at 12:27AM
Nancy Weidenfeller, Minnetonka • 35-inch northern • Lake St. Joseph (Ontario)
Fishing on an Ontario lake — about 315 miles northwest of Thunder Bay — where nets aren't allowed, Nancy Weidenfeller, above, caught this northern. Moments later, she caught a 23-inch walleye.
A good start to summer
On her first day of summer vacation and the last cast of the day, Kirra Cutting, 9, of Minneapolis, caught this 19-inch bass from a dock on Kauppi Lake (St. Louis County).
Snaring a nice catch
Zachary Olson, 12, of Farmington, caught this 29-inch freshwater drum using an ultralight rod from a dock on Devils Lake (near Brandon, Minn.).
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None of the boat’s occupants, two adults and two juveniles, were wearing life jackets, officials said.
